St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-22

In st. Paul labor circles there is great
enthusiasm manifested over the laying
OF the corner stone of the new labor
temple at Minneapolis, which takes
place Sunday, the 29til inst. AT a meet
ing held in Labor hall, st. Paul, Friday
evening, representatives 0f-all the pro-
tectlve labor organizations were pres
ent, and voted to turn out full quota
OF members on that occasion. In order
that certain necessary details may be
arranged, all secretaries of labor unions
were re iueSted to send their addresses
and complement to the office of the Labor
Echo, No 81 Jackson street, st. Paul.
The new building when completed
Will cost upwards of SiXty-fiVe
thousand dollars, and of this amount
one-half has already been raised within
the past two years. 1t is expected that
large number of the Knights of Labor
OF the state will be present to witness
the ceremonies, and invitations have
been sent out not only to labor bodies,
but organizations of trades, commercial
and social, requesting them to partici-
pate in the first ceremony of the kind
ever witnessed in the United States.
LOCAL NOTES.
The subject of a nine-hOur law con-
tinues to excite great deal of attention,
and after the 1st of June the Carpen-
terS' union will insist upon its observ-
ance. They are merely following in
the tracks of the plumbers, who
are this season receiving s.
per day of nine hours
to work ten hours for the same amount
OF wages. Efforts are being made to
consolidate all the carpenters of st. Paul
under one organization. and thus secure
uniformity in the scale and satisfactory
hours.
Eight hours are no longer popular
with the WOrkingmen, and at the meet
ing Of.the International Typographical
union at Buffalo next month it will be
suggested that nine hours shall conSti-
tute a days work. instead of ten as
heretofore.
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The Cigarmakers' union of st. Paul
propose to issue a card bearing fac
smile of the union label for free distri-
button, their object being to inform deal
erS and customers of the difference be-
tween genuine and counterfeit labels.
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Among the boot and shoe makers for
most of the shops being engaged in
making samples. Not an idle shoe
maker can be found in st. Paul, and in
many of the factories there is an urgent
cry for more help.
Union plumbers in Duluth work nine
hours and nOn-uniOniStS ten. Inquiry
at the shops shows that all the plumbers
and gasfitters are busy, while steamtit-
tingis comparatively DULL
In his sermon at the cathedral Sun
day Bishop Ireland said the church had
neither condemned nor approved the
Knights OF Labor, but like other organ
lZatiOnS it was in measure on prOba-
ton. The church recognized the fight
Of every Workingman to strike, but not
to force others, unwillingly, to cease
work. Capital and labor both had rights,
and the church had always endeavored
to take the side of the weaker against
the stronger i'll all disputes arising be-
tween them.
Painters unions throughout the coun-
try are developing strongly i'll member
ship, recent organization at Buffalo
showing l25 members out Of $50 Journey
men in the city.
The membership of the International
Cigarmakers' union at the beginning of
this year was 24,672; the amount paid
for sick and death benefits was S47,045,
and the SURPLUS in the treasury
amounted to $1T2,S13.25.
49,
When a lot of men like the bricklayers
of Chicago will order strike on the
pretext that their pay can please them
better III the spending of it on Saturday
night than on Monday, the wage Garner
who is paid off Oh Monday up in this
part of the labor vineyard, and makes
no complaint of the day, is provoked
to fnqlrire why there is not some
thing in the national organization
OF trades unions strong enough to ell
force rational discipline among subordi-
nate bodies. This strike certainly de-